On 10/26/19 5:06 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Has any of you been using Devuan as a rescue CD? If so, how has it been
> working out for you, and do you have any suggestions to make the Devuan
> rescue experience easy and productive?
>
> System Rescue CD recently switched from Gentoo to Arch, thus acquiring
> systemd. I wouldn't have a big problem using systemd for a narrow,
> contained usage like rescue, but I've also heard their project is
> foundering.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> SteveT
>

I use a Refracta live-cd or usb as a rescue system. It has things like
ddrescue, smartmontools, lm-sensors, testdisk/photorec and some other
relevant software installed.

What is it you need to rescue? Some things are easier than others.

fsmithred